Not long after, Aunt Lan, who was in charge, came to invite her to dinner.

Xiang Feiran threw the cigarette butt into the can with a little Coke left: "I said it, I won't go over at night." ”

Aunt Lan seemed to hesitate: "Sui Ning has just arrived, and there are her guests." ”

Xiang Feiran lowered his eyelashes, his fingertips lit up the aluminum shell of the can as he thought. After a moment's thought, the corners of his lips lifted slightly: "Then I can't pass." ”

Hungry, hungry indeed. After a week of sleeping in the mountains, he was about to vomit canned food and instant curry, and he really missed the soup stewed in the kitchen.

But the little girl who called his uncle was there, and as soon as he appeared, his identity was worn on the spot. It's a small thing to explain, but it's a big thing to embarrass both sides. Again, he is not interested in dealing with this kind of scene, so avoiding it is the most direct solution. It's a big deal, hide from her for half a month.

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came from afar as a guest, Shang Mingbao thoughtfully prepared souvenirs for Fang Suining's whole family, and sent them out one by one before dinner.

Although they are new friends, the relationship between the two has warmed up, and Fang Suining has been holding her hand to introduce. This is her grandfather's house, where her grandmother has passed away, and her grandfather lives alone, living with assistants and domestic workers. This deep mountain with a hot spring and clear stream is very quiet and inaccessible, and she only comes here during the winter and summer vacations every year.

When dinner was about to start, Fang Suining's grandfather took the elevator down from the study on the third floor. He was old, his white hair was properly groomed, he looked elegant and extraordinary, his legs and feet seemed to have old diseases, he was not very neat, and he was on crutches. Few people know that this is Xiang Lianqiao's injury that was hit by a stray bullet during an evacuation operation.

"What did your grandfather do?" Shang Mingbao couldn't help but be curious. Her grandfather was the kind of old man who couldn't take people's eyes off just by his gestures.

"Teaching." Fang Suining said, "I teach international relations and politics in universities. But now that I'm older, I can't stand that long, so I'm retired and I'm writing books. ”

After Xiang Lianqiao stepped down from that place, he put his residual heat into the front line of teaching, concentrating on writing books and leading students, so Fang Suining was not lying. She has been explained by her elders, don't easily tell her classmates and friends about her family history, so as not to complicate simple interpersonal relationships.

Shang Mingbao has always had great respect for learned people, and he couldn't help but think of the person sitting in the co-pilot—there was a subtle similarity between him and Xiang Lianqiao.

Shang Mingbao spread the napkin on his lap and asked casually, "Then does your uncle usually live here?" ”

"My uncle?" Fang Suining was stunned for a moment, thinking about the complicated Chinese kinship, and felt that Shang Mingbao should be confused: "You're talking about my uncle, right?" My mom has an older brother. ”

Mingbao also followed and nodded again and again: "Oh, yes, that's uncle." ”

This is where the topic begins.

"Oh, he." Fang Suining showed undisguised disdain: "He's not very good, I rarely see him." Did you run into him? ”

"On the way here......" Shang Mingbao vaguely passed.

The stumbling of the two little girls did not escape Xiang Lianqiao's ears. He lightly tapped his crutches, and although he didn't say anything, Fang Suining was immediately silenced, stuck out his tongue, and buried his face in the bowl.

Shang Mingbao keenly sniffed out a layer of meaning: that person was not a popular person who could be talked about casually.

After a few words of concern about the junior, he called the assistant to Lianqiao: "Fei Ran is not coming to dinner?" ”

The assistant replied, "Feiran said to come back to see you later." ”

Shang Mingbao took a sip of fish maw soup and asked in a low voice, "Who is Feiran?" ”

"It's my cousin." Fang Suining leaned over and replied, "It's that uncle's son." ”

"Remarkable...... What two words? ”

Fang Suining dipped his fingers in some tea and wrote to Shang Mingbao on the table: "The same way to write in simplified and traditional Chinese, you know, right?" ”

Know, it's a great deal.

Shang Mingbao thought silently in his heart.

It's like a name that won't get old.

After Fang Suining finished writing, he turned to Xiang Lianqiao and asked implicitly, "Grandpa, has Brother Feiran already here?" ”

"Half a month earlier than you."

"You don't even tell me." Fang Suining pouted in protest.

Xiang Lianqiao is there: "He deliberately asked me to hide it from you, gentleman, I can't break my word." ”

"Hmph, why?" Fang Suining was coquettish.

"He thinks you're noisy."

Fang Suining was hit hard: "Bastard! ”

Neither the uncle nor the bastard cousin showed up during the entire dinner.

After finishing the meal, the two went back to their rooms to rest. Although the bedroom was very surplus, Fang Suining warmly invited Shang Mingbao to sleep with him, so that he could have a private conversation at night.

Fang Suining's bedroom is neatly furnished, with a pink dresser and desk by the window, piled with blind boxes and plush dolls, and a pair of botanical embossed specimens hanging on the wall.

"Look good, I pressed it myself." Fang Suining was still complacent.

"Good...... Pretty. Shang Mingbao could only say against his will.

"I'll just say, Xiang Feiran, this dog thing, still thinks I'm ugly."

His original words were that this narrow-leaved Hong Kong Yuanzhi did not blink an eye, and Fang Suining was so angry that he squeaked and screamed.

Shang Mingbao picked up his pajamas and accompanying items from his room, and uncovered the lid of the small bag: "I have prepared another gift for you......"

It's a four-leaf clover bracelet that she thinks would be a great gift for a high school girl.

Fang Suining's gaze stopped on her bag: "Damn, this Kelly doll?" Fake? ”

She is a star-chaser party, a 5G surfing warrior, and she is naturally familiar with many things in the fashion circle. Kelly Doll, a limited edition that is highly sought after by celebrities and celebrities, is instantly recognizable.

Shang Mingbao picked up the small bag in his hand and compared: "This? ”

She has been carrying this since she was a child, and when she goes to luncheons, spring outings or exhibitions, she will put a favorite sandwich and a small bottle of milk in it. Because she likes it, she has a cabinet of matching bags in different leathers, colors and shapes to match shoes and skirts. Growing up to now, the only exposed photo of her in front of the public is a photo of her carrying Kelly doll on her back and holding a pink long-eared rabbit in her arms, with long hair over her shoulders, not waking up, and only eight years old.

The media wrote that she was ignorant and ignorant, and it was the princess who went out on the street, but she didn't know that it was that day that she had her first seizure.

She doesn't remember herself, but dreams will help her remember, at that time she couldn't breathe with a fast heartbeat, angina pectoris seemed to explode, and after the shock passed, she didn't know that her eldest brother set aside the bodyguard and ran wildly in the crowd with her little one in his arms.

However, at the age of sixteen, I am still carrying the bag I liked when I was a child, which is really embarrassing to say.

The last auction price of this bag at Christie's was 1.35 million, Shang Mingbao didn't know, but Fang Suining knew very well. She touched her leather: "This A is too real." ”

Parallel goods are very common in Ning City, although Shang Mingbao's pampering is visible to the naked eye, but a high school girl carrying this kind of bag is still beyond Fang Suining's cognition, in comparison, it is more common sense to think that she is carrying A goods.

Shang Mingbao tilted his head and did not argue: "It's indeed A, I bought it if I thought it looked good, and I was so embarrassed to be found out by you." ”

Fang Suining patted her shoulder vigorously, ready to move: "But it's really cute!" Is the price pretty? ”

Shang Mingbao saw that she liked it, and stuffed Kelly Doll into her arms: "Don't buy it, this is for you." ”

"Huh?"

"It's not old, it's new," Shang Mingbao explained, thinking she minded being used, "I have several ...... The manufacturer who makes parallel goods is my uncle, if you use the old one, I will send it to you again. ”

Fang Suining didn't doubt him, so he accepted it and gave her something he liked very much.

After turning off the light and lying down, he looked at the electronic watch on her wrist again: "You also wear a watch when you go to bed at night?" ”

In the dark, the light on the LCD dial is also extinguished to its softest state, and the heartbeat pulse is displayed on it in real time.

Shang Mingbao subconsciously covered the surface and said "um" vaguely. She didn't want Fang Suining to know that she was sick.

Many female classmates said that she had the eldest lady's disease, she couldn't run, jump or breathe, and she was in the shade of a tree in physical education class. It's rare to make new friends, and she doesn't want to ruin her fun.

After talking for a long time, Fang Suining finally fell asleep and gave Shang Mingbao a pillow to sleep.

Shang Mingbao couldn't sleep at all. She got up and put on her clothes, took her sleeping companion Long-eared Rabbit in her arms, and walked down the stairs lightly.

The night dew damps the floral scent, making the floating wind seem to carry weight.

The thick fog like clouds covered the small half-moon, and Shang Mingbao squatted down in the corner of the courtyard and called Sophie to complain softly.

There were too many things she had to complain about, such as the fact that the room was not big enough, not even a third of her cloakroom; For example, the shower head of the shower is not advanced enough, and it does not have the roundness like raindrops; Another example is that there is no fruit bowl and dessert after dinner, and you have to peel the fruit yourself to eat it - oh my God, she has grown so big, she has never taken the fruit shaved herself! So much so that I didn't know how to use it at all, so in order to avoid losing face, I had to simply not eat the autumn pears in the morning market......

Sophie heard that she didn't eat the after-dinner fruit because she couldn't peel it, and her tears were about to fall, and she inevitably thought that their home slippers must not be silk, and even if the bed sheets were made of high-count cotton, the origin of the raw materials must not be as good as Mingbao's childhood sleep, let alone the mattress pillow - it is not easier for Miss Qianjin to pretend to be an ordinary person than an ordinary person to pretend to be a princess.

After pouring bitter water for half an hour, Shang Mingbao hung up the phone and calmly calmed down silently on his knees for a while. When I looked up again, I suddenly saw a flower under the bamboo fence.

The flowers bloomed vigorously and messily, and the yellow petals dimly reflected the moonlight. In the darkness, there was the sound of moths flapping their wings.

When I came in the evening, it looked like a fluffy weed, but I didn't expect it to bloom at night. It should be wildflowers brought by the wind and insects.

Shang Mingbao walked over, gathered his skirt and squatted, stretched out his fingertips and nodded at the heart of the stamen, "Don't people look at you, why do you want to open late at night?" ”

She felt a sense of sympathy in her heart, and she mercifully pinched one - it was better to insert it into a water bottle and watch it than to be ignored like this.

When the third flower was picked, the flashlight behind him suddenly lit up, accompanied by a cold and slightly impatient voice: "

"This young lady, who will allow you to pick my flowers again?"

Shang Mingbao was so frightened that he went into cardiac arrest and fell to the ground with a scream.

Looking back at the light, the man under the porch stood with his long legs folded against the pillars, and the household flashlight was held in his hand in an extremely lazy manner.

The pillar of light covered Shang Mingbao's body gently and brightly, illuminating her half-draped cardigan, her nightdress with suspenders half-slid down her shoulders, and the pink doll that had been soiled on the ground.

didn't wait for the first glance, Xiang Feiran immediately turned off the flashlight.

After a subtle silence for a long time, he asked, "How is it?" ”

He also thought it was Fang Suining, a habitual offender.

"Uncle......" Shang Mingbao changed his words to his lips, and his voice was small: "Uncle." ”

Uncle?

Xiang Feiran was silent for half a second, and coughed: "Why did you become an uncle again." ”

"Call with Ning." Shang Mingbao explained.

Fang Suining's brain is called 250g...... How do you tell people about family relationships? Anyway, he's set this seniority, right?

Seeing that she had been sitting and didn't get up, Xiang Feiran walked in the direction where she was while feeling dark, and reminded in the tone of an elder: "It's humid at night, don't sit." ”

Shang Mingbao didn't want to get up, but was frightened by him, his heart was beating so violently that he felt numb even with his feet and hands, and he couldn't lift any strength at all.

The electronic watch on her wrist lit up as she tried to stand up.

Heartbeat 190.

This is a number that normal people rarely reach even if they do aerobic exercise.

Shang Mingbao reflexively covered his wrist, then smiled, and explained in a vague way: "Scared ......"

Xiang Feiran had already walked in front of her, half-squatting down, and the breath of speech was suddenly much closer.

"Weak legs?"

Shang Mingbao nodded.

It was too dark for her to be seen.

Xiang Feiran: "Speak up." ”

Shang Mingbao said very obediently: "Hmm." ”

She thought that the "elders" would pull her somewhat, but the other party didn't move after a few seconds, just breathing silently, as if he was in trouble.

What's so hard about pulling a girl up?

No one expected that there would be a gust of wind blowing at this time. The fog in the night sky suddenly lifted, revealing the moon rings.

The moonlight is better than nothing, but it is enough to illuminate the courtyard.

The shrub branches behind him, the limestone steps, the porch on which he had just reclined—and himself himself with his legs bent and half-crouched—were all illuminated so clearly that there was no way to hide.

Probably didn't expect the moon to come out, his detached face was obviously stunned, his thin lips pursed, and his Adam's apple swallowed very slightly.

Shang Mingbao's eyes were more chaotic than the yellow flowers, and his heart jumped suddenly.

She wasn't quite sure if someone could take care of it so well, maybe it was the soft moonlight that crossed the illusion?

The clouds and fog converge again, the light shifts and the shadows move, and everything returns to Morandi's still life.

After his heartbeat stabilized, Shang Mingbao finally gathered strength and forced himself to stand up.

Her legs were very numb, and her body couldn't help shaking, but this time, she was immediately supported by Xiang Feiran, powerful and steady.

Xiang Feiran let go of her hand, then half-bent down and picked up her doll. Pink stuff is not resistant to dirt, let alone this fine long-pile product.

He looked down a few times and said, "I'll find someone to wash it tomorrow and return it to you." ”

Shang Mingbao was inexplicably restrained, and reflexively said "no".

Xiang Feiran was indifferent: "I scared you, so I should make amends to you." ”

Shang Mingbao looked down at the few flowers he was holding in his palm: "But I picked your flowers first......

This is a bunch of seaside evening primrose, because it only blooms at night, Xiang Feiran is specially squatting. For fear of disturbing moths and insects, the flashlight can only be lit for a minute every once in a while.

If the culprit at this moment is Fang Suining, he will probably have something to say. But in the face of this sleepless and poor little guest who came from afar, he was silent for a moment and said, "It's okay, it's a wild flower." ”

Then he was silent for a moment, and said, "If you don't pluck them, they will wither at dawn." ”

Finally, there was silence, and he turned back,...... I found her a small flower scissors.

When saying goodbye, Shang Mingbao hugged the tender yellow wildflowers in his arms, changed the depression when he called the housekeeper before, bowed and said crisply: "Thank you uncle for the flowers." ”

She now calls his uncle very fluently.

Xiang Feiran raised his fingers and drove a child: "Go." ”

Early the next morning, Fang Suining, who was woken up by the biological clock, suddenly let out a scream after seeing the evening primrose in the amphora vase in his sleepy eyes-

"Damn?!!! Who picked it?! ”

She looked horrified at the only unsuspecting outsider in the house, patted her head, and rushed into the courtyard like a whirlwind in her slippers.

At five o'clock in the morning, she slammed the door of the room.

Xiang Feiran got up and opened the door, leaning on the door with one hand, the black T and sweatpants hanging loosely on his young body.

"Looking for death?" He was horrified when he got up.

"Brother Feiran!" Fang Suining snapped his hands together and swore: "I swear!" I didn't pick your evening primrose, please trust me! Otherwise I'm 20 pounds fat! ”

Xiang Feiran pressed his eyebrows: "I know, I slept." ”

As he spoke, he was about to close the door.

Fang Suining was stupid, and slapped the door frame: "Why are you so calm?" Seaside evening primrose? Your observation specimen has been stripped away! ”

Although the flowers and plants in this yard are not taken care of by Xiang Feiran himself, it is obvious that what to plant, how much to plant, and whether they can be picked and harvested are all under his instructions. Fang Suining has committed capital crimes by touching the rules of heaven, such as watering his orchid and waterlogging to death, breaking off the grouper that has just been reported in spring and inserting it in a bottle, and feeding the red fruits of grass and corals to the chickens......

For this reason, her fate was very tragic, including but not limited to writing a thousand-word review, buying seedling fertilizer with her own change, pinching some watering every day, singing to plants, fighting wits with snails and red spiders, trimming roots, changing moss balls, laying hands on him at three o'clock in the middle of the night to record pollination, catching insects with her bare hands, counting 3,000 Arabidopsis thaliana seeds (thinner than loose pollen), and being given a complete set of 100 volumes of biological assault to Feiran on her birthday...... Wait a minute!!

The flower was bald, but the party was so calm, Fang Suining smelled a trace of something wrong.

Xiang Feiran looked back patiently and said, "Tsk": "Don't scream, I'll let you pick it." ”

Fang Suining: "......"

Xiang Feiran: "There is no need to observe things that have been thoroughly studied in the morphological sense, and the same is true for reading literature. ”

Fang Suining: "............"

That's not what you said last time!!

Early in the morning, Fang Suining was angry with his cousin like a calf.